"Rodeos and Recipes -
Real Stories and Delicious Recipes Even A Cowgirl Can Cook!"
Bad bulls, good broncs, true stories, and recipes even a cowgirl can cook!
A Cowboy Cookbook by Emma Carpenter
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"Rodeos and Recipes -Real Stories and Delicious Recipes Even A Cowgirl Can Cook!"Bad bulls, good broncs, true stories, and recipes even a cowgirl can cook!A Cowboy Cookbook by Emma Carpenter |
"Rodeos and Recipes - Real Stories and Delicious Recipes Even A Cowgirl Can Cook" contains 22 chapters of non-stop rodeo action. Each chapter has one or more quick and easy recipes that are delicious and easy to make!
A few of the chapters are:
Swamp Thing was a bucking bull raised by the author and her husband. This chapter tells the story of the time he jumped out of the arena and spent the night running through downtown.
"......he dodged cars (parked ones, as well as those of the pursuing police variety), sprinkler systems, charcoal grills, and cedar decks with ease...... As Aronda and I crisscrossed through town we saw people in terrycloth robes and bunny-slippers standing under every street light hoping for a personal "Swamp sighting." Cowboy Recipe: Beefy Western Pie
A delightful description of the mutton-withered, ill-tempered bronc called Conway and the confusion she caused an ambulance driver by knocking out two men at nearly the same time.
"......she squawled like a steam engine's whistle, then used both back feet to mule-kick him in the small of the back...... The force was so strong the man rocketed forward until he outran his own feet......he was going so fast the other bystanders had to lean back to let him fly through." Cowboy Recipe: Rodeo Potatoes
Describes how a family friend bought a bucking racehorse for the rodeo company right off of a bush-league racetrack.
"The pommel was extra wide and as tall as the cantle, then it curled down and to the back to wrap over the rider’s thighs. Bill said it looked like a homemade bear trap with a cinch and breast collar. The three of us couldn’t help but wonder what kind of horse had earned the honor of wearing it." Cowboy Recipe: Palomino Corn
A first-time bronc rider is badly scraped off on the bucking chute.
"The guy not only had never been on a bronc before, he had never been fouled at the gate, either. Really, really, fouled." Cowboy Recipe: Dutch Pie Crust
Back before there was such a high percentage of lawyers in America, there was a rodeo act called “Money The Hard Way.” All you had to do was grab a hundred dollar bill off of a bull's horns.
"Apparently he not only didn’t realize he had stopped with his back to the chutes, he also didn’t understand most bulls don’t subscribe to the cowboy code of ethics that says 'never shoot someone in the back.' ” Cowboy Recipe: Lasagna The Easy Way
The life and qualities of rodeo chute help.
"They believe that being the one chosen to break up a bull fight is a privilege, and that having to climb over fences to save their life is to be expected. ......if you take them out to eat at two in the morning they think the local convenience store in a one stop-sign town is fine dining at a fashionable hour." Cowboy Recipe: Skull Cleaning In-A-Hurry (how to whiten and help preserve a decorative cattle skull). See Photo
How the author learned a lesson in faith from a charging bull and another chute hand.
" 'Ok,' I said. 'And even if three women do get
mowed down off their horses, the crowd really likes that kind of thing.' "Cowboy
Recipe: Better Microwave Potatoes